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Leelanau Township approves 2024-25 budget
Leelanau Township approves 2024-25 budget
Leelanau Township unanimously approved its 2024-25 recommended budget of $851,940, as well as four township officer salary resolutions on Monday. Emergency Services fund revenues come in at $1,843,212, which makes up 59% of the revenue allocation, while the general fund revenue makes up 19%. Expenditures for the budget total are $2.8 million, with 53%, or $1.48 million, of those appropriations being wages and benefits. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Solar woes
Solar woes
To the editor: In a recent Enterprise we learned that one of Commissioner Melinda Lautner’s many objections to accepting the $1.5 million grant on offer to our county for the installation of solar panels is that the panels will be near a jail. “Concern about the proximity of the proposed solar array to the county jail,” arises in Ms Lautner’s mind, as “schools and other community groups may be allowed to visit the site for education.” Excuse me? What am I missing here? Are we worried that the convicts will get out and harm the poor unsuspecting students while the students are on a field trip? Or that they will leer at the students from the windows of their jail cells, causing them irreparable trauma? Or that the students might see the jail and take up a life of crime? Can anyone make sense of any of this? Mark Smith Leland. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Age is relative
Age is relative
To the editor: How old is too old? It seems everyone’s idea of age is different. With many octogenarians leading productive lives and never considered too old, I think it’s time to recognize that age is relative. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Orange barge, crane
Orange barge, crane
To the editor: The orange barge and crane have been a ubiquitous site the past few years in Grand Traverse Bay. The barge spent a year or so sunk in Greilickville, then was moored for a while without permission in Peshawbestown, later again sunk off of Paradesia Point near Northport. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Millage renewal important
Millage renewal important
To the editor: In August a very vital and important millage renewal will be on the ballot. Continuing support for the Early Childhood millage will allow our Health Department and Parenting Communities the continuity to continue supporting our young families and children. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
By Tim Skubick
Voter ignorance vs. electorate enlightenment
When candidates, campaign managers and political consultants say their prayers at night they most likely ask that Michigan voters continue to be ignorant. That’s because an illinformed citizen is easy to exploit for political gain. Or to put it another way, it is infinitely easier to pull the wool over the eyes of a voter who is too lazy to do their homework on a candidate for this office or that. 03/20/2024 05:09 PM
Steve Lutke of Hop Lot Brewing says “cheers” to all the patrons who voted Hop Lot as the No. 2 beer garden in the country. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Hop Lot ranked No. 2 beer garden in USA
Hop Lot Brewing Company in Suttons Bay was ranked the No. 2 beer garden in the United States of America according to USA Today via its annual 10Best ranking awards on Tuesday. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Ted Lanham shares a moment with the Little Finger Thermaleers after being gifted a model airplane he built over a decade ago to see its flight above The Dune Climb in Glen Haven on Thursday, March 7. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Lanham honored with plane gift
Soaring through the clear blue sky at The Dune Climb in Glen Haven, Cedar resident Ted Lanham could see a model airplane gliding through the air as family and friends gather to see a surprise for Lanham. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Marilyn and Richard Witham, part-time Leelanau County residents for the last 20 years, are pictured on Monday at Munson Medical Center’s new name unveiling ceremony for its comprehensive stroke center. The Witham’s $2.5 million donation will help further support the stroke center’s technol...
Munson unveils new name for stroke center
Leelanau County resident donates $2.5 million to Munson A generous donation to Munson Medical Center (MMC) from one local family is set to help others in the community for years to come. Munson unveiled a new name for its comprehensive stroke center — The Witham Family Comprehensive Stroke Center — on Monday at a ceremony to honor a $2.5 million donation from Richard and Marilyn Witham and their children, Chris and his wife, Stephanie, and Kurt. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Childhood services millage up for renewal
Childhood services millage up for renewal
Millages for county services are up for renewal in August, including the historically controversial Early Childhood Services program administered by the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department. The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation on the program Tuesday and will decide whether to place the millage renewal proposal on the ballot at their March 19 meeting, Tuesday night. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Donald L. Schopieray
Donald L. Schopieray
1938 ~ 2024 Donald Lee Schopieray, aged 86, a beloved resident of Traverse City, peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born on February 20, 1938, to William and Hattie (Levinski) Schopieray, Don’s life was marked by love, dedication, and a zest for adventure. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
Leo Martin Smith
Leo Martin Smith
Died March 8, 2024 ELMWOOD TWPLeo Martin Smith, 85, of Elmwood Township, passed away on March 8, 2024, at home surrounded by his loving family. Leo was born on September 11, 1938, in Toledo, Ohio, to Gerald and Ruth (Sheets) Smith. 03/13/2024 11:46 PM
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